electric heater and stove



June 6, 1933. N. v D] LORENZO 1,912,568

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June 6, .1933. N. v. D] LORENZO 1,912,563

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I 19 shelves, and heating means whereby t Patented June s, 1933 rare-Mr seine This invention relates to e combined and stove, the object oi"; invention being to provide a heater and stove e1? simple struction so that it may be manufactured nominal cost and which will be eficient and practical in operation.

A still further object is to provide inn construction of the character above sue;- gested, a novel arrangement elf darn of the device as a cooking stcve or can be readily and easily efiected,

Still another object of the inventien is to provide-an article of this cliereeter which 15 will possess suficient ornateness se pre sent a pleasing appearance, in any wise detracting from its Still a further object of the invention is to provide a combined electric heater and stove, to the interior of which access may be easily had for removing or replacing the 'tra s and heating elements.

gther objects and advantages or? the inven= tion will become apparent from a study of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

' Figure 1 is a rear elevational view of the electric heater and stove.

Figure 2 is a'front elevational view thereoif, Figure 3 is 'a side elevational view thereof, Figurei is a top plan view thereof, certain partsbeing broken away and shown in sec tion. r v

Figure 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view therethrough. I p

6 and 7 are horizontal transverse sectional elevational views taken through the structure. v Figure 8 is a plan view of an end portion of a slidable draft door.

Figure 9 is a perspective view: of a corner portion of the tray,

Figure 10 is a I plan view elf a foldable 'udairnperil v f ta.

- re 1 is a ragmen ry perspective view gii the foldable damper, and guide thereforftlie'damper being partially folded in position. v i L 50 Figure 12 is a front elevational view, on s,

reduced scale, of a modified fornioil the invention.

Having reference mere detail, 5 desig nates generally n pan W bottom men: .ul." supported on legs e l rising ifroin the bottom member 5 is a s ntially sects lar casing I has" cerners as s '2. in Figure l and includi l'rent wall. 8, rear Wall 9, and side Walls cover ll is pre sided :Eer the casing t ey be readily W3 removed therefrom.

A water tank 12 snpperted in the upper portion of the casing equipped with a filling neck 13 extending through the top 11 and provided closure cap A suitable drain 15 is p evielcd for the tank 1 as well as a water ge Two parallel e21 relatively spaced draft ports 16 are provided in the bottom 5, and each row of ports is controlled by a slotted draft door It? constrained to slide in guides 18.

Located within the casing i, and supported on the bottom member 5, 1s a substantially frusto-conical cam shaped deflector op posite side portions 055 which extend over the draft opening 16 and,serve to deflect the current of air passing upwardly through the casing.

Disposed slightly above the deflector 19, and located in each corner of the casing '27 is a suitable disk like sup orting lug 2i), and below each lug 20, is a ug 22 to which is bolted or otherwise secured thereto as at 24 a tongue provided at the corner ofthe dc flector 19.

The :pper lugs 29 support a frame 23 of insulat material, an between opposed members of the frame 23 are coiled conducting wires 25 of suitable resistance, LA switch 3 for the heater is mounted on the front wall 8 of the casing,

lt has been found, that the best. means oi heating air inn room will be obtained by providing an opening 26 in the upper po tion of the rear wall it and elongating the opening horizontally Stretched across the opening, and supported in any suitable manner, is a screen 27' and controlling the open-' ing is a hinged draft door 2?. A latch deans vice 28 is emplo ed for retaining the draft door in a clos position. The hinge rod 29 of the door 27 pro'ects beyond one side wall of the casin an is equipped with a handle 29a to faci itate swinging of the door 27 to an opened or closed position. Suitably mounted on the bottom wall of the tank 12 is a stop 30 for limiting inward swinging movement of the door 2 to an open position. (See Figure 5.) V

A well known type of slide damper 31 consisting of screening and slotted sliding plate, is provided on the rear wall 9 adjacent the lower ortion of the casing.

In t e front wall 8 is provided a relatively large sight openin 32, and the opening may be closed either a suitable transparent panel 33 mounted in a groove34 extending-about the o nin 32, as shown in Figure 5, or by a single oor, or a double hinged door such as suggested at 35 in Figare 12.

Access to the interior of the casing 7 is gained throu h openings provided in the side walls 10, an doors 36 are provided for the gs. Supported on the front and rear walls of the casing, adjacent the corners thereof, are interior vertical angle bars 37, each of which has one edge thereof serrated or otherwise to provide a series of vertically spaced lugs 38 whereby to support in horizontal positions within the casing, shelves 39 and a tray 40. The shelves 39 are perforated, and may be of any suitable construction, ,as for ex-' ampleand as shown, each shelf is formed of wire and includes a frame-having longitudinal and transverse wires mounted therein. The tray 40 is pan shaped and the peripheral wall of the tray at eac corner thereof is rovided with a pair of lugs 41, 42, the ugs 41 pro'ecting from the end walls of the tray for spacing the ends of the tray from the side walls 10 of the casing and the lugs 42 engaging selective lugs 28 r supporting the tra 1n proper position.

he tray, shelf and heating element including frame 23 may be readily placed within or removed from the casing through the openings in the side walls 10 of the casing.

When the device is used for cooking urarticles of food may be place on the shelves 39 or the an 40 and the air rising upwardly through t e casing and heated by V the heating element, will warm and heat the food.

Mounted in the casing 7 considerably above the bottom 5 are opposed transverse guide rails 44 between which are disposed the sections of a folding damper designated nerally by the-reference character 45. ach section of the damper includes a pair of leaves 46, 47 hinged together as at 48. Each leaf 47 is provided with pintles 49 extending through the walls 10 of the casing 7 and proprovided with guide upper edges of the guides 44. Obviousltytllz be suitabl vided with suitable knobs. Each leaf 46 is ins 50 ridable on rotating the lpintles 49, the sections 0 damper may extended or closed as shown in full lines in Figure 5, or folded to afully opened position as shown in dotted lines in said figure or partially open or folded as suggested in Figure 11.

When thedevice is being used as a at!) that is for cooking or warmin articles 0 food, the damper door 27 and s iding draft 31 are closed and the foldable damper may be in a fully closed or partially closed position as found desirable.

On the other hand when the device is to be used for heating purposes, that is for heating a room or the like door 27 is open, the foldable damper is fully open, and theslidingrdraft 31 suitably re lated.

he water tank 12 W1 I serve as ahumidifier, and if desired, may be also used for brewing tea, by merely inserting the tea bag into the tank through the opening 13.

The entire construction is relatively ht in weight and when used as a stove the evice may be so arra d as to have the front wall 8 thereof faced into the room. The side walls 10 of the combined heater and stove are equipped with handles 43 to facilitate moving the device from one place to another and for turning the device for fac' either the front or rear walls to the room, t e rear wall 9 facing the room when the device is used as a heater.

7 It is of course to be understood, that the walls of the combined heater and stove may constructed for heat purposes, ing either in the nature of double walls or walls lined with asbestos or like material. Also it is to be understood that in lieu of theresistance coils 25', resistance rods may be used.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of further changes, modi fications and improvements coming within the sco of the'appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

o 1. A combined heater and stove comprismg a casin legs supporting the ,ul penings iere bottom of t e casing having o in a slide for controlling the o nmgs, an inverted conical deflector in the l aer end of the casin for defleding the air through e openings towards the sides 05 the casing, a heating element located in the casing above the deflector, removable shelves located in the casing and above the heating element, a damper member located in the easng an appreciable distance above the heating element, means for movin said damper member to open and closed tion from the nuance exterior of the seeing, one wall of the casing having an opening therein adjacent its upper end, a door closing the opening, and said wall having an openmg therein looatedslightly above the heating element and manually operated ,means A controlling the last-mentioned opening.

2. In a combined heater and stove, a casing, legs for supporting the casin a pair of rows of openings in thebottom o the easing, one row being located adjacent one side of the casing and the other row adjacent the opposite side, a slide for controlling each row of casings, a deflector in the bottom of the openings formed thereby, one wall of the 'casinghaving an opening in its upper part,

a door forcontrolling the opening, said wall having an opening therein arranged slightly above the heating eleinent, manually controlled means for controlling said opening last mentioned, a damper member located in the casing slightly above the plane of the lastmentioned openin and manually 0 rated means extending t ru a part of the casing for moving said damper member to open and closed position.

3. In a combined heater and stove, a casing, heating means in the lower part thereof, and a damper for separating the lower part of the casing from the upper part thereof, said damper comprising two pairs of plates, the plates of each pair being hingedly connected together, rails in the casing, pins carried by ends of the inner plates of each pair or, engaging the rails, pro'ections on the ends of the outer plates of eac pair, said ro'ections extending through the casing and aving knobs on their outer ends, whereby by turning the knobs, the plates will be moved to open and closed position.

In testimony whereof I afix my si ature.

NICHOLAS V. DI LOR Z0. 

